Jude Rakhil Fernando (born 4 November 1982) is an Sri Lankan tech executive and entrepreneur. The son of cricketer Ranjit Fernando and entrepreneur Ramani Fernando [1] he is the CEO of Yabi, [2] which focuses on financial literacy across the MENA region. [3] [4] He is a goodwill ambassador for Habitat for Humanity in Sri Lanka. [5] [6] [7]
Previously he was the CEO and co-founded Koko, [8] [9] the Daraz group (an Alibaba Company) fintech startup operating across South East Asia. [10] He was also the managing director [11] and chief corporate officer of Daraz. [12] [13] [14] [15] Prior to Alibaba Group, he was CEO and co-founder of Kashmi, a peer 2 peer payments company, funded by DP World. [16]
Rakhil Fernando attended Eton College, [17] an independent English public school, and studied aerospace engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. [1]